Compositions of matter for building and structural purposes.



S W e A? i WILSON U. JURY, OF SHAMOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMPOSITIONS OF MATTER FOR BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL PURPOSES.

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T all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, VILSON U. JURY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Shamokin, in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compositions of Matter for Building and Structural Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new composition of matter to be used for all building and structural purposes, but which is especially useful in the construction of dye house and other floors, vats, pits, acid tubs, pools, boats and reinforced concrete structures.

The composition consists of Portland cement, crushed sand from stoker fed boiler ashes obtained from anthfifiite'coalfh'ydrated lime and liquid soap.

The Portland cement is of the usual kind and ordinary hydrated lime may be employed. Preferably olive oil sga is used mixed with Water. 1e san 1s prot need by crushing and screening stoker fed boiler ashes or clinker from anthracite coal.

The coal is burned at a temperature sufficient to consume all heat units. All dust is delivered to the dust chamber of the furnace so that nothing but the hard clinker or ash drops from the rate. 0am and vegeta e matter is removed. In preparing the sand the crushed ash or clinker is passed through screens to obtain three rades, viz,

85 fine sand me lum ne san an ta1 ings, which vary in sizes from a pea to a m size, these tailings being used in place of stone when making concrete. The ingredients are mixed and thoroughly incorporated with sufiioient water to form a pudding like mass, in which condition the mixture is ready to be poured into forms or molds. For some purposes the mixture consists of Portland cement, crushed sand of the kind before specified, tailings obtained by the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1'7, 1918.

Application filed June 10, 1918. Serial No. 239,233.

Sufficient soa 541ml i'fz't't'ef To produce a pudding-like mass. v

The quantity of water mixed with the soap depends somewhat on the condition of the other ingredients whether they are wet or dry. Ordinarily the liquid soap is produced by mixing one part olive oil soap with four parts of water.

As before stated when the mixture is used as a top coat to spread on a surface the tailings are omitted, otherwise the mixture is the same. Experience has demonstrated that sand produced from stoker fed boiler ashes or clinker and prepared in the manner before stated is very serviceable 'for the purposes described.

I claim as my invention:

1. A composition for building and structural purposes, comprising Portland cement, hydrated lime, soap, and sand obt-a1nec 0m the ashes o clinker'of antljfa'dfcoa in substant a y t ie proportions speci et.

2. A composition of matter for structural and building purposes, consisting of Portland cement, hydrated lime, liquid soap, sand obtained from the ashes or clinker of anthracite coal, and tailings obtained from said ashes or clinker in substantially the proportions specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WILSON U. JURY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

